These efforts are designed to protect residents, reduce property damage and conserve our natural resources. Its mission is to “achieve municipal resiliency through wildfire preparedness and prevention efforts. In February 2015, with funding from FAC Net, Bill created the New Jersey Fire Safety Council, a 501(c)(3) organization. They immediately saw the value of bringing such a council to New Jersey. It was there that Bill and his colleague and friend John Cowie from the Barnegat Fire Department learned about Fire Safe Councils in California and Nevada. In June 2014, Bill attended his first FAC Net workshop. Developing a Statewide Vision for Fire Resilience In 2018, Bill encountered this London planetree, made famous by the “The Boss” Bruce Springsteen in a photograph included in the lyric sheet of his 1984 album, Born in the U.S.A., while completing a tree inventory in Freehold Borough. Bill especially loves his role as the forester for Freehold Borough, hometown of “The Boss” Bruce Springsteen. Today his consulting work is primarily in urban forestry. In addition to working for the NJ Department of Agriculture, Bill has worked as a consulting private lands forester for 35 years. Bill and Elena have two daughters–both married and each expecting their first children this spring.īill, who loves blues music, also has a passion for helping people and forests. A Passion for Blues, People and Forestsīill lives in Freehold, New Jersey with Elena, his wife of 37 years, and their two schnauzers.
And the Network seemed like a great opportunity for those working in the Pinelands. The work being led by Bill in and around Barnegat Township seemed like a great addition to the Network. In 2014, FAC Net was only a year into its work and was looking to grow and diversify its membership. Bill was also making strides with Firewise USA® sites in the area. In 2014, one of his projects was in Barnegat Township, in the northeastern portion of the Pinelands, where he was spearheading the development of New Jersey’s first Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). 2014: An Advocate Meets the Networkįor 30 years, Bill Brash had worked at the Mercer County field office for the NJ Department of Agriculture, eventually becoming its director. Just an hour or two by car from Philadelphia and New York City, these beautiful forests, sprinkled with retirement communities, are also highly flammable.
Relatively few people outside of New Jersey have heard about the 1.1-million-acre area known as the Pine Barrens, or Pinelands, a biological gem in the southern part of the state. Photo by Amanda Mahaffey/Forest Stewards Guild. Fire practitioners from New Jersey and Long Island, New York participated in a May 2018 learning exchange sponsored by FAC Net and the Forest Stewards Guild. pine forests share many common challenges. Photo Credit: Fire management staff in northeastern U.S.
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